5 Methods To Straighten Your Curly Hair

Curls are no doubt beautiful, but it can be quite difficult to tame them, especially on a bad hair day. Sometimes, even the strongest gels don’t work on your curls, leaving them unmanageable. If you are willing to try and change your look, a good option could be to straighten your curly hair. Straight hair is the ‘in’ look these days, and if you follow current trends, you know you should definitely give the curly hair to straight hair look a try.

Most women think twice before straightening curly hair as they are worried about the damage. But with the right technique, equipment and method, you can surely achieve the straight look without much damage. Here are a few methods which are safe to straighten your curly hair.

How To Straighten Curly Hair

Method 1: Use a Straightening Iron

If you use a good quality straightening iron and take proper care, you will be able to straighten hair without much damage. The most important point to remember while using a straightening iron is the temperature. If you have a good quality hair straightener, you will have an option to adjust the temperature.

Adjust the temperature according to your hair type. For fine or slightly damaged hair, use 250 to 300 degree F temperature. For hair of average thickness use 300 to 350 degree F and for hair which is thick, coarse or frizzy use 350 to 400 degree F. Follow these simple steps to straighten your hair using a straightening iron.

Wrap this warm towel around your head. This will help to soak in the nutrients.

Now simply wash your hair after 35-50 minutes.

The above-mentioned mixes are a few effective ways to straighten curly hair. Using a straightening iron is the most common method, while the other four are more home-made hair straightening methods. But these natural ways of hair straightening are very effective. They do not have any side effects on your hair.